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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Limoniini » Limonia » subgenus Idioglochina (Limonia subgenus Idioglochina) » Limonia marmorata
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Marine crane fly - Limonia marmorata
Copyright © 2008 Debbi Brusco

Marine crane fly - Limonia marmorata
Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California, USA
May 24, 2008
There were a lot of these flies landing on the seaweed-covered rocks at low tide. The halteres looked mint green. This one seemed like it might be laying eggs?

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Contributed by Debbi Brusco on 28 May, 2008 - 12:24am
Last updated 13 January, 2009 - 2:07pm

Moved
Moved from Tipulomorpha.
… Chen Young, 13 January, 2009 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 December, 2008 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

A lead
According to a web search the standard West Coast intertidal zone crane fly seems to be Limonia marmorata. I can't find a picture of the species and I can't say it's the only such species.
… John F. Carr, 9 November, 2008 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it is
Limonia (Idioglochina) marmorata of the Pacific ocean. It has been recorded in British Columbia, Canada south to California. The only species so far reported with a maritime habitat in the New World. There are three other specie in this group that the larvae have the same habitat are found in the Old World. - Chen
… Chen Young, 13 January, 2009 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

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